-Jon Black / Magnet Design: All the sleeves he did for Metalheadz, Prototype, Virus (002 & 003), Valve, etc in the late 90's. In my opinion they looked amazing and did the perfect job of capturing the mood of the music and the scene at the time and giving it the level of sophistication it deserved.

-Metalheadz Tin Box: 'nuff said

-Signature Records: the sleeves for SIG 001 through SIG 016 were all very classy and understated: a single image or color w/the Signature script in the upper right corner. Very little information given. And the picture sleeves were usually only available for the first pressing. Once again fit the vibe of the music perfectly.

-Darkestral Recordings: basically the first in dnb to try and make their physical packages very special with colored vinyl and deliberately limited pressings. Once again a very sophisticated vibe to match the sound of Instra:mental's early releases.

Exit have gone for a minimalistic design with their sleeves now...not sure I like it to be honest. Well, I don't dislike it, I just feel like I'm not getting a piece of art in terms of the sleeve. Nice, good quality material though

-Darkestral Recordings: basically the first in dnb to try and make their physical packages very special with colored vinyl and deliberately limited pressings. Once again a very sophisticated vibe to match the sound of Instra:mental's early releases.

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Reverse Engineering / Everything & U has to take the biscuit with the Darkestral Releases for me. The whole playing from the inside towards the outside. Cleaver piece of engineering and suited it down to the ground

Reverse Engineering / Everything & U has to take the biscuit with the Darkestral Releases for me. The whole playing from the inside towards the outside. Cleaver piece of engineering and suited it down to the ground

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This. The first vinyl I've ever bought Samurai's releases are always very nice & tidy, I like that. And this year's Hospital's RSD plate was proper nice, too.